Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim (born October 17, 1959 in Surinam, Mauritius ) is a Mauritian chemist and politician . She was President of Mauritius from June 5, 2015 to March 23, 2018 . She was the island nation's first female head of state.
Life
Gurib-Fakim studied chemistry at the University of Surrey and the University of Exeter . She works as a university professor of chemistry in Mauritius and teaches at the University of Mauritius . Gurib-Fakim was sworn in as President of Mauritius on June 5, 2015 . She belongs to the minority of Muslims.
Gurib-Fakim had to resign in March 2018 after a corruption scandal in order to forestall her dismissal. She privately used a considerable amount of a credit card from the non-profit Planet Earth Institute (PEI), which was dominated by the controversial businessman Álvaro Sobrinho . Bribery was suspected as Sobrinho was looking for investment opportunities in Mauritius.
She is married to Anwar Fakim and has two children.
Prizes and awards (selection)
2009: Ordre des Palmes Académiques
2018: St. George's Order of the Dresden Semper Opera Ball
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Former Presidents. In: president.govmu.org. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .
- ↑ afp: Mauritius: Mauritius gets its first female president. In: zeit.de . June 4, 2015, archived from the original on November 13, 2017 ; accessed on November 12, 2017 .
- ↑ LeMauricia: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
- ^ David Signer: Shopping tour at the expense of an aid organization. In: www.nzz.ch. March 13, 2018, accessed March 13, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gurib, Ameenah; Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah Firdaus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mauritian politician, President of Mauritius (2015 to 2018) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th October 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suriname, Mauritius |